Suneel Kumar Arora

Shri Suneel Kumar Arora, IDSE, is currently working as Advisor in National Water Mission under Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Ministry of Jal Shakti, Govt of India. He is an 1987 batch officer of Indian Defence Service of Engineers (IDSE), presently on deputation to DoWR,RD& GR through Central Staffing scheme.
He has been graduated in Civil Engineering from IIT Roorkee in 1986 and completed his Post graduation in Structures [M.Tech (Structure)] from IIT Mumbai in 1988.He is a Chartered Engineer, Fellow of Institution of Engineers (India) and permanent member of Indian Buildings Congress.
In the present capacity as Advisor in National Water Mission he is working on Impact of climate change on water resources, Water Conservation, Increase in water Use Efficiency in all three sectors, namely Domestic, Agriculture and Industries and Promotion of basin level integrated water resources management. He focuses on bringing a behavioral change in the minds of masses for conservation of water. He is a force behind awareness in water conservation and Water use efficiency. He is driving the national agenda on water conservation and management, specially the “Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain” campaign” that reaches out to every citizen across the country. He is actively involved in running the portal of Management of Information System (MIS) as well as Mobile App for “Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch The Rain”

In the present capacity as Advisor in National Water Mission he is working on Impact of climate change on water resources, Water Conservation, Increase in water Use Efficiency in all three sectors, namely Domestic, Agriculture and Industries and Promotion of basin level integrated water resources management. Basically, making aware citizens and state about water conservation, Rainwater harvesting and water use efficiency through workshops, trainings, webinars etc.

He was actively involved in organizing National Water Mission awards function held in Sep 2019 at VigyanBhawan, New Delhi as well as he is actively involved in organizing series of lectures titled “Water Talks” and “Water Tech Talks” which are held on every second and third Friday of the month respectively.

He focuses on bringing a behavioral change in the minds of masses for conservation of water. He is a force behind awareness in water conservation and Water use efficiency. He is driving the national agenda on water conservation and management, specially the “Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain” campaign” that reaches out to every citizen across the country. He is actively involved in running the portal of Management of Information System (MIS) as well as Mobile App for “Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch The Rain” campaign.